Back In The Saddle Again

Yeah, it was back to the grind yesterday. Fortunately everything seemed under control and there were no emergencies or atrocities while I was out, so I was able to ease myself back into career gal mode. Sorta.

Lucy was in a petulant mood when I got home and indulged in one of her “We are not amused” pastimes — chewing on plastic.

But after some quality time with Mommy, she regained her good humor.

What’s Next?

Knitting-wise. What’s next indeed? I don’t plan on starting Ingeborg until early to mid-May, so I’ve got three weeks or so to kill, as it were. I’ve got a number of small projects lined up, so I think I’ll be working on those for a little while.

Like my Ann Norling checkerboard shell.

I’ve got the back completed and a good amount done on the front. So that’ll be done soon.

I’ve started knitting a fun little evening bag — to be felted.

This is knitted with Heilo wool held double, along with one strand of Trendsetter Aura. Cute! The pattern is from Fiber Trends.

And as soon as I buy more yarn, I can get back to my Not-Colinette poncho.

Speaking of the Not-Colinette poncho, I estimate you’ll need about 100 – 120 yards of each of the six yarns. Ballpark figure.

And I have (whispering) some cotton to make some more summer tops. I bought the yarn to make the same tank that Kristine is making, but after seeing all the problems she’s having with the pattern, I’m thinking “screw it” — I’ll use the yarn for something else. Life is too short to mess with ill-written error-ridden patterns, right?

By Popular Demand

Okay, in response to one email request. A photo of Flora’s wrong side.

And thank you for all the kind Flora comments you guys left!

Critter Knitters Prize Page Update

I don’t have to keep telling you to check the prize page do I? Y’all know to keep looking for updates, right?

Hi, Wendy! Do tell (so we may avoid it) — what pattern is Kristine finding errors in? The only pattern in recent memory that I found to be error-free is one from Alice Starmore’s “Aran Knitting” — great book!

Flora’s so pretty she could be worn wrong-side-out! So now I’m wondering, do your cross stitch pieces look as perfect on both sides? I never had the patience to weave my thread ends in as perfectly as I once saw a true cross stitch artist do.

Wish the guys at Threadbear would put together some faux Colinette poncho kits for those of us without a LYS. We wouldn’t have the pattern, but it seems like it would be easy to figure out?

Thank you so much for posting the yardages for the Not-Colinette poncho. I started one last night and am having SO much fun with it. Thanks for giving me the idea and the courage!
Hugs to you and Lucy!

Whenever my friend (I recently coaxed her over to “Our side” – she is now a knitaholic) and I look at photos of your Fair Isle work, conversation ceases and we stare in stunned amazement. And it’s not easy to get us to shut up when we’re gabbing about knitting.

My reaction this a.m. to the view of Flora’s backside was, “My God, this woman’s a F-ing machine!!”

Whenever my friend (I recently coaxed her over to “Our side” – she is now a knitaholic) and I look at photos of your Fair Isle work, conversation ceases and we stare in stunned amazement. And it’s not easy to get us to shut up when we’re gabbing about knitting.

My reaction this a.m. to the view of Flora’s backside was, “My God, this woman’s a F-ing machine!!”

Wendy,
Love Flora! Your little petulant puss needs to keep her choppers away from plastic. We had one unfortunate soul who had a penchant for raiding the trash and some Saran wrap he digested (or partially, as it turned out) ultimately did him in, poor boy.
Tell Lucy to stick to furniture and people legs (hee hee!)

Lucy needs Plastic Eaters Anonymous. My friend Robin’s kitty Aleve (Allie to her friends) is infamous for eating plastic. Saran wrap, plastic grocery bags. Anything she can get her little teeth on. Recently she got into some curling ribbon, ingested the shredded bits and had to go to emergency. The moral of this story: keep plastic away from kitties and vice versa.

Hello Wendy ~
I want to move in to Knit Happens as well! Kristine and Liz are great and the store has so many wonderful yarns. I am knitting a Poncho as well. I think we should all wear to the next Knit and Nosh. I also knit a couple of ponchos using the Rowan Cotton Braid. Can’t wait for the finishing class on Sunday so I can learn to put them together. Knit Happens has inspired me to move on from rectangles, after 5 years.
Hope to run into you at Knit Happens!
Phyllis

My female cat licks plastic bags whenever I am not paying her the respect and affection she deserves. Very annoying. Her interest in my knitting is confined to the pre-knitted, ball stage though, the finished product is of no concern to her.

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